… and speaking of fact-checking, in the wake of the Margaret Court AC kerfuffle, the ABC news department published A guide to Australia Day honours and how the selection process works - ABC News but they failed to explain one important point about this so-called “leak” … people who call themselves journalists have the privilege of receiving the information prior to Australia Day so that they can prepare stories … but when one of the recipients doesn’t conform with their own narrow view of “suitable” they ignore the clearly-stated “embargo” and publish the details … such is the declining standard of journalism today …